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Ms Copeland, 32, made her debut this month, starring in Swan Lake in New York, one of the most coveted roles in ballet. In recent years, Ms Copeland has found fame outside of the ballet world. She has appeared in commercials and TV shows and wrote a best-selling memoir. “We …

Eon Productions said he had had a “minor procedure” in New York during a break in production over Easter. A spokeswoman denied reports the 47-year-old had missed several days of filming on the 24th Bond film, Spectre. “During a scheduled break, Daniel Craig had arthroscopic surgery to repair his knee …

“The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds,” said Larry Finlay of his publishers Transworld. The author died at home, surrounded by his family, “with his cat sleeping on his bed”, he added. Sir Terry wrote more than 70 books during his career and completed his final book …

A musical version of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ has opened as a tribute to the book’s author Sue Townsend. It is being performed at Curve theatre in Leicester, the city where Townsend lived and where the book is set. The writer worked on the musical before …